Overview

• Marah Abu Zuhri, 20, died on August 15 at Pisa’s Cisanello hospital less than 24 hours after arriving from Gaza with profound emaciation and organ wasting.
• Aoup’s hematology unit reported she suffered an acute respiratory crisis and cardiac arrest after initial supportive therapy.
• Israeli COGAT stated she had leukemia and approved her evacuation, but Aoup director Sara Galimberti says molecular diagnostics found no evidence of the disease.
• The family declined a post-mortem autopsy citing religious reasons, leaving detailed cause-of-death analysis inconclusive.
• The case underscores the severity of Gaza’s health collapse and raises questions about the effectiveness and limits of medical evacuations.